Patent Manager

Thank you for your interest in joining Solventum. Solventum is a new healthcare company with a long legacy of solving big challenges that improve lives and help healthcare professionals perform at their best. At Solventum, people are at the heart of every innovation we pursue. Guided by empathy, insight, and clinical intelligence, we collaborate with the best minds in healthcare to address our customers’ toughest challenges.

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* Job Description:

**** Patent Manager** **(Solventum)
**** 3M Health Care is now Solventum
**** At Solventum, we enable better, smarter, safer healthcare to improve lives. As a new company with a long legacy of creating breakthrough solutions for our customers’ toughest challenges, we pioneer game-changing innovations at the intersection of health, material and data science that change patients' lives for the better while enabling healthcare professionals to perform at their best. Because people, and their wellbeing, are at the heart of every scientific advancement we pursue.
**** We partner closely with the brightest minds in healthcare to ensure that every solution we create melds the latest technology with compassion and empathy. Because at Solventum, we never stop solving for you.
**** The Impact You’ll Make in this Role
** The position reports directly to the Assistant Chief IP Counsel, Senior Director, and is responsible for supporting intellectual property needs of Solventum’s global Infection Prevention and Sterilization Solutions business. This role involves close collaboration with the Assistant Chief IP Counsel, IP Operations, and research and development personnel at all  this role, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative and diverse people around the world.

Here, you will make an impact by:
** How you will make an impact**
* ** Intellectual property (IP) generation support:**   + Facilitate and guide the submission of invention disclosures and lead discussions on patent filing and trade secret authorizations for the global business  + Independently manage work of US and foreign outside IP counsel to ensure high quality patent preparation and prosecution, considering impact and cost on the Solventum business and the business’ strategies, priorities and goals  + Implement and execute patent filing strategies using knowledge of Solventum products and technologies to shape filing and protection strategies
* ** Global Patent Portfolio Management**  + Responsible for the business’ global patent portfolio management and review, ensuring alignment with the business’ strategies, priorities and goals
* ** Freedom to Operate (FTO)**  + Develop and execute effective FTO search strategies and review
* ** IP Advocacy and Education**  + Champion the importance of IP in protecting Solventum’s innovation and driving business growth by educating clients  + Simplify and explain key IP concepts in practical, accessible ways
* ** R&D IP Point of Contact**  + Act as the primary liaison between R&D teams and the IP business counsel, addressing IP-related inquiries and escalating complex matters to the business IP Counsel as needed
* ** Project management and process improvements**  + Continuously evaluate workflows across the IP generation life cycle, identify areas for improvement, develop improvement options and recommendations, and lead improvement initiatives
** Your Skills and Expertise
** To set you up for success in this role, Solventum requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:
* Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science Engineering or Materials Science. Degrees in…